Millet salad with peach, fennel, carrots and dates

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Sweet summer in a bowl! Cooked millet forms the base of this salad. But the simple dressing is the shining star: with orange juice, almond butter and honey (or maple syrup for vegan). The rest is a bit different than the usual salad: no leafy greens. Instead I used grated fennel and carrots. Topped with pine nuts and Medjoul dates.

Rustic pink bowl on a woorden board with a summer millet salad with peach fennel carrots and dates. Horizontal.

Ingredients

Millet – Glutenfree pseudograin. Looks a bit like couscous.
Peaches – You eat them with the skin on, so use organic.
Fennel – Grated, or finely sliced with a mandolin.
Carrots – Grated.
Pine nuts – Roasted or raw.
Orange – You’ll half an orange for the juice nto use in the dressing.
Almond butter – Store bought or grind almonds yourself into flour fitrst and then into paste.
Honey – Substitute with maple syrup for vegan.

Honey

Be sure to use raw honey that has no added sugar. Honey contains healthy enzymes from the bees. Those enzymes will be destroyed if honey is heated over 100F (40C). Preferable from a local beekeeper.

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FAQ

Is millet glutenfree?

Millet is often considered a grain, but it is actually a pseudograin. As all pseudograins, millet is glutenfree. In this recipe you use the whole grain. The grains are light yellow and they look a bit like couscous.

Is this salad vegan?

Yes, but replace the honey with maple syrup.

Is this salad Medical Medium?>

All pseudograins are glutenfree and can be eaten as filler foods within the Medical Medium lifestyle. Millet is actually way on top of the preferred grains (with oats, while other grains are a bit behind). You can even have millet on the first 3 days of a 369 original.

Is this salad AIP paleo?

Since millet is a pseudograin it is not paleo and therefor not suited for AIP either. If you want to venture out a bit, millet is a great option to start with.

Rustic pink bowl with a summer millet salad with peach fennel carrots and dates. The bowl is taken vertically, half and zoomed in.

Millet salad with peaches, fennel, carrots and dates

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Lovely salad bowl with cooked millet in a orange almond paste dressing.

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Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings servings or 1 large

Calories 501

Course salads

Dish salad with fruits, salad with grains

Cuisine Mediterranean, Middle-Eastern

Equipment

small cooking pan with lid
bowl
grater
sieve optional

Ingredients

1 cup millet
2 cups water
2 large peaches
1 fennel
½ cup carrots
2 tbsp pine nuts

Dressing

½ orange
2 tbsp almond butter
2 tbsp raw honey
or maple syrup for vegan

Instructions

Wash the millet, best to use a sieve and running water. This water is not the water mentioned in the ingredient list, that is for cooking the millet.
Put the millet with water in a cooking pan. Let it cook softly with the lid on for 19 minutes. When cooked leave it in the pan with the lit open. It will still absorb some water.
Squeeze the half orange. Mix with the honey (or maple syrup). Mix with the millet.
Add the almond paste and mix. Don't bother mixing it wit the honey and orange first, that 'll just be too sticky.
Grate the fennel bulb and the carrots. Cut the dates in small pieces. Mix with the millet.
Spoon the salad onto plates and top with the dates and pine nuts. Optional: roast the pine nuts before servng

Nutrition

Calories: 501kcal

Millet salad with peaches, fennel, carrots and dates

Ingredients

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